Pipeline leak risks ‘massive casualties’

A RUPTURE or leak from the controversial gas pipeline on the north Mayo coast would cause massive casualties and countless deaths, a report claimed yesterday.

Pipeline leak risks ‘massive casualties’

Independent investigators warned the project had been shrouded in spin and propaganda, and insisted the route of the pipe, only 70 metres from some homes in Rossport, was unacceptable.

The report, compiled by the Centre for Public Inquiry, attacked global oil giant Shell over plans for an onshore gas processing plant at Bellanaboy.

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